Early Achievers, Washington's Quality Rating and Improvement System

Early Achievers, Washington’s quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), is voluntary for licensed child care providers and helps early learning programs offer high-quality care. Early Achievers:

Connects families to child care and early learning programs with the help of an easy-to-understand rating system.

Offers coaching and resources for child care providers to support each child’s learning and development. Research shows this kind of assistance helps providers improve the quality of their programs. And when more young children are ready for school, we all benefit.

Early Achievers is available statewide!

DEL is partnering with Child Care Aware Washington and the University of Washington to offer Early Achievers statewide.

Early Achievers, Washington's voluntary quality rating and improvement system, gives participating child care professionals free access to coaching, professional development and a tangible way to demonstrate their commitment to providing quality care and education for young children.Read More >

Joining Early Achievers and working toward a quality level of excellence is worth celebrating! DEL and Child Care
Aware of Eastern Washington have partnered to create outreach materials for Early Achievers participants. Customizable marketing materials will
help Early Achievers participants share information and celebrate quality improvement activities with different audiences: current and
future families, media, and your community. Read More >